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crassipes

Taxon

Pontederia crassipes Mart.

Protologue Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. Bras. 1(1): 9, t. 4. 1823 [late 1823 or Jan-Feb 1824]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Eichhornia crassipes--Guanacaste. Palo Verde Biol. Sta. 1 Apr 03.054.jpg

Eichhornia crassipes--Guanacaste. Palo Verde Biol. Sta. 1 Apr 03.054.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Eichhornia crassipes--Guanacaste. Palo Verde Biol. Sta. 1 Apr 03. 050.jpg

Eichhornia crassipes--Guanacaste. Palo Verde Biol. Sta. 1 Apr 03. 050.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Eichhornia crassipes--Guanacaste. Palo Verde Biol. Sta. 1 Apr 03. 130.jpg

Eichhornia crassipes--Guanacaste. Palo Verde Biol. Sta. 1 Apr 03. 130.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Eichhornia crassipes--Guanacaste. Palo Verde Biol. Sta. 1 Apr 03. 051.jpg

Eichhornia crassipes--Guanacaste. Palo Verde Biol. Sta. 1 Apr 03. 051.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Eichhornia crassipes--Guanacaste. Palo Verde Biol. Sta. 1 Apr 03. 052.jpg

Eichhornia crassipes--Guanacaste. Palo Verde Biol. Sta. 1 Apr 03. 052.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Global range is not yet available in Plants of the World Online. Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Occurrences

No collection number

April 1, 2003

Location

Costa Rica, Guanacaste (Bagaces Canton)

10.345, -85.338889

Location Remarks

Palo Verde Biological Station. Trail to Mirador "La Roca".

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Commelinales

Family

Pontederiaceae

Genus

Pontederia

Specific Epithet

crassipes

Authorship

Mart.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 7.1

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.6

Global rank

#85,784 of 335,497

Top 26%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →

Synonyms (1)

Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy